Clothespin.



W. HGELSTEIN- CLOTHESPIN.

APPLICATION FILED APIL4, 191s.

Patented De@n 30, }91.9

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WILLIAM I-IAGELSTEIN, GF NEW/V YORK, N. Y.

CLGTI-IESPIN.

i ,escasa Application filed April il, 1918.

To all whom, t may concern.'

Be it known that l, lNILLIAM HAGnLs'rnrN, a citizen of the United States, and resident oi" N ew York city, borough ot Richmond, in the county ot Richmond and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothespins, of which the following is a speciication.

The object ot' my invention is to provide a clothes pin which will be cheap to ma-nu- 'liacture, and wherein the two main opposing clamping members thereof have a flexible spring-like connector entering the ends of said members to ret-ain them in operative relation, whereby said members may `have a certain, yet limited, movement at their ends retained by the connector, permitting said members to move bodily toward and from each other. Said members of the pin may spread apart when applied to the goods on a clothes line and will grip the same with .spring action, and the connector will be buried in the members, keeping said con nector from injury and reducing the cost of the pin.

A further object is to provide mea-ns to grip clothes lines of dierent size between the members of the pin to avoid danger of injury or breaking it.

My invention ycomprises novel details oi improvement that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein,

Figure l is a perspective view of a clothes pin embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a. partly sectional side view thereof; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modication, and Fig. l is a partly sectional side view thereof.

T he letters A, B in the accompanying drawings indicate the main members of the clothes pin located side by side and parallel to each other. A connector for said members is indicated at C and the same is shown in staple-like form, having parallel legs c and a cross member c2 connecting said legs, which legs respectively enter the members A, B at adjacent ends. The connector C may be made of resilient wire and the members A, B may be provided with holes Z bored in their ends to receive the legs c of the connector. The legs may have sharpened ends to be driven into the ends of said members. The resilient connector is so shaped as to normally maintain members A, B pressed specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

serial No. 226,624.

toward each other to grip a. clothes line and clothes therebetween. Between members A, B a space e is provided to receive a clothes line and clothes thereon. In the form shown in Figs. l a-ndpfQ, said space is narrower at the upper end c thereof than at its lower portion e2, there being opposed shoulders at j' upon the members A, B at the point between such narrow and wider portions of space e, the corners of which shoulders f are shown rounded. The free ends of the members A, B at g are tapered or beveled to permit ready entrance of the clothes line therebetween. The arrangement is such that if the pin is mounted upon a relatively thin clothes line, the latter may be seated in the upper narrower space e between members A, B to be gripped therebetween, but without unduly .separating said members, whereas if the pin is applied upon a thicker clothes line the latter will be stopped by the shoulders f in the wider portion e2 of the space between the members A, B, to be gripped by said members, and so as not to unduly separate said members by entering the nan rower space c. ln the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the space e between the members A, B gradually tapers from the inner toward the outer portion. The ,opposing faces at 7a of the two members A, B are preferably retained in contact normally by the spring action of the connector, which has a tendency to close the members together. The members A, B may be made of wood, which should be stii' enough to properly receive the legs of the connector. In order to conceal and proteet the bent portions c2 of connector C the end portions ot members A, B are recessed at z', which recesses are in communication with the axial holes Z whereby when the connectorl is driven into the ends of said members, its portion c2 may enter the recesses i. By the means described not only is the connector concealed and protected within the material of the members A, B, but the pres ence olf the part c2 of the connector within the recesses z' also aids in keeping the members A, B from' turning axially on the legs o of the connector since the sides of the recesses engage the part c2 of the connector. Then the pin shown in Figs. l and 2 is to be used, its free end portion is passed over the line and the clothes thereon, and if the line be of small size it may enter the narrow space e to be gripped by the members A, B, but if the line be too large for said space e', it will be stopped by the shoulders f and the Wider space e2, and in either case the pin Will properly remain upon the line.

In the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4: the pin may be pushed upon the line until the latter enters the space e suliiciently for proper retention of the pin and the clothes on the line In both instances, the members A, B may spread apart to some extent bodily, particularly at their end portions adjacent 'to the connector, since the latter, be-

ing flexible at the part c2, Will spread slightly due to the outward or lateral pressure of the line betvveen'the members. The pin may be readily removed from the line by merely lpulling it therefrom.

My improved pin is durable and dependable and may be cheaply constructed, since the dimensions of the connector C may be made quite small with respect to the dimensions of the members A, B, and the connector, by being entirely buried in the members A, B of the pin, Will not be liable to be injured byfbeing stepped upon for otherwise roughly handled, as the connector cannot be manipulated.

Having noW described my invention what I claim is: y

1. A clothes pin comprising a pair of opposing members having aXial holes at adjacent ends, and a resilient connector having leg portions received in said holes andhaving an intermediate resilient portion buried in the material of said members whereby the connector is concealed and protected Within the members, said connector in conjunction with the sides of said recesses maintaining said members in opposing relation, the free ends of the members being adapted to spread apart to permit the entrance of a clothes line between said members.

:2. A clothes pin comprising a pair of opposing members having axial holes at adjacent ends, said ends being provided with recesses communicating with said holes, and a resilient connector having leg portions re ceived in said holes and having an intermediate resilient portion received in said recesses, whereby theconnector is concealed and protected Within the members, said conneet-or in conjunction with the sides of said recesses maintaining said members in opposing relation, the free ends of the members being adapted to spread apart to permit the entrance of a clothes line.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York this 3rd day of April A. D. 1918.

WILLAM HAGELSTEIN. 

